The parent company Info Age, the work of the work.com, has invested for a long -term blockbuster return on Indian startups from Zomato to Policybazar. This estimated gross internal return rate is 36 percent. According to PTI news, the shareholders of the firm have been told in the annual letter of FY 2025. Firm run by Sanjeev Bikhachandani – often called the Warren Buffett of India – a total of 3,959 on various platforms in the last decade and a half. Invested capital worth Rs 16 crore. This investment is today at a fair market price (FMV) of Rs 36,855 crore.
How much has been invested
According to the news, the founder and vice -president Sanjeev Bachchandani wrote in the letter that ever since we started our financial investment activity in 2007, we have achieved an estimated 36 percent gross IRR including all the vintage. One of the initial supporters of domestic listed companies, including Info Age, Jomato and Policy Bazaar, was one of the supporters. It invested Rs 483.78 crore and Rs 591.40 crore in both companies respectively. The value of its shareholding in both companies is collectively more than Rs 31,500 crore.
Market Cap of Jomato and Policy Bazaar
Joint market capitalization of Jomato and Policy Bazaar is more than Rs 5 lakh crore. After these, Info Edge invested in other startups including men’s grooming brand Ustra, B2B ecommerce platform shopkirana, Adtech platform Adda 247, Omni Channel Inter-Citizen Bus Travel Platform Zingbus, Travel Tech Platform Ixigo. To date, it has supported 111 companies. In 2019, it launched SEBI-Penked AIF Venture Capital Fund, Info Edge Venture Fund. Spread in three funds, it has a total of 3,422. There is a fund of Rs 94 crore, out of which Info Age has invested Rs 1,613 crore.
One of the oldest Internet-based companies in India
Bachchandani established the Info Age, one of the oldest internet-based companies in India in 1995. It works in areas such as recruitment (job), real estate (99 acres), matrimony (spouse) and education (education). The Info Age as a financial investor has taken place in four different stages, which started between 2007 and 2012 with its early bets – a round that laid the foundation of its two biggest victory. The first phase was from 2007 to 2012.
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